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2  * Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Niels Provos <provos@citi.umich.edu>
3  * Copyright (c) 2007-2012 Niels Provos and Nick Mathewson
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27 #ifndef EVENT2_HTTP_H_INCLUDED_
28 #define EVENT2_HTTP_H_INCLUDED_
29 
30 /* For int types. */
31 #include <event2/util.h>
32 #include <event2/visibility.h>
33 
34 #ifdef __cplusplus
35 extern "C" {
36 #endif
37 
38 /* In case we haven't included the right headers yet. */
39 struct evbuffer;
40 struct event_base;
41 struct bufferevent;
42 struct evhttp_connection;
43 
44 /** @file event2/http.h
45  *
46  * Basic support for HTTP serving.
47  *
48  * As Libevent is a library for dealing with event notification and most
49  * interesting applications are networked today, I have often found the
50  * need to write HTTP code.  The following prototypes and definitions provide
51  * an application with a minimal interface for making HTTP requests and for
52  * creating a very simple HTTP server.
53  */
54 
55 /* Response codes */
56 #define HTTP_OK			200	/**< request completed ok */
57 #define HTTP_NOCONTENT		204	/**< request does not have content */
58 #define HTTP_MOVEPERM		301	/**< the uri moved permanently */
59 #define HTTP_MOVETEMP		302	/**< the uri moved temporarily */
60 #define HTTP_NOTMODIFIED	304	/**< page was not modified from last */
61 #define HTTP_BADREQUEST		400	/**< invalid http request was made */
62 #define HTTP_NOTFOUND		404	/**< could not find content for uri */
63 #define HTTP_BADMETHOD		405 	/**< method not allowed for this uri */
64 #define HTTP_ENTITYTOOLARGE	413	/**<  */
65 #define HTTP_EXPECTATIONFAILED	417	/**< we can't handle this expectation */
66 #define HTTP_INTERNAL           500     /**< internal error */
67 #define HTTP_NOTIMPLEMENTED     501     /**< not implemented */
68 #define HTTP_SERVUNAVAIL	503	/**< the server is not available */
69 
70 struct evhttp;
71 struct evhttp_request;
72 struct evkeyvalq;
73 struct evhttp_bound_socket;
74 struct evconnlistener;
75 struct evdns_base;
76 
77 /**
78  * Create a new HTTP server.
79  *
80  * @param base (optional) the event base to receive the HTTP events
81  * @return a pointer to a newly initialized evhttp server structure or NULL
82  *   on error
83  * @see evhttp_free()
84  */
85 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
86 struct evhttp *evhttp_new(struct event_base *base);
87 
88 /**
89  * Binds an HTTP server on the specified address and port.
90  *
91  * Can be called multiple times to bind the same http server
92  * to multiple different ports.
93  *
94  * @param http a pointer to an evhttp object
95  * @param address a string containing the IP address to listen(2) on
96  * @param port the port number to listen on
97  * @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
98  * @see evhttp_accept_socket()
99  */
100 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
101 int evhttp_bind_socket(struct evhttp *http, const char *address, ev_uint16_t port);
102 
103 /**
104  * Like evhttp_bind_socket(), but returns a handle for referencing the socket.
105  *
106  * The returned pointer is not valid after \a http is freed.
107  *
108  * @param http a pointer to an evhttp object
109  * @param address a string containing the IP address to listen(2) on
110  * @param port the port number to listen on
111  * @return Handle for the socket on success, NULL on failure.
112  * @see evhttp_bind_socket(), evhttp_del_accept_socket()
113  */
114 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
115 struct evhttp_bound_socket *evhttp_bind_socket_with_handle(struct evhttp *http, const char *address, ev_uint16_t port);
116 
117 /**
118  * Makes an HTTP server accept connections on the specified socket.
119  *
120  * This may be useful to create a socket and then fork multiple instances
121  * of an http server, or when a socket has been communicated via file
122  * descriptor passing in situations where an http servers does not have
123  * permissions to bind to a low-numbered port.
124  *
125  * Can be called multiple times to have the http server listen to
126  * multiple different sockets.
127  *
128  * @param http a pointer to an evhttp object
129  * @param fd a socket fd that is ready for accepting connections
130  * @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
131  * @see evhttp_bind_socket()
132  */
133 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
134 int evhttp_accept_socket(struct evhttp *http, evutil_socket_t fd);
135 
136 /**
137  * Like evhttp_accept_socket(), but returns a handle for referencing the socket.
138  *
139  * The returned pointer is not valid after \a http is freed.
140  *
141  * @param http a pointer to an evhttp object
142  * @param fd a socket fd that is ready for accepting connections
143  * @return Handle for the socket on success, NULL on failure.
144  * @see evhttp_accept_socket(), evhttp_del_accept_socket()
145  */
146 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
147 struct evhttp_bound_socket *evhttp_accept_socket_with_handle(struct evhttp *http, evutil_socket_t fd);
148 
149 /**
150  * The most low-level evhttp_bind/accept method: takes an evconnlistener, and
151  * returns an evhttp_bound_socket.  The listener will be freed when the bound
152  * socket is freed.
153  */
154 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
155 struct evhttp_bound_socket *evhttp_bind_listener(struct evhttp *http, struct evconnlistener *listener);
156 
157 /**
158  * Return the listener used to implement a bound socket.
159  */
160 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
161 struct evconnlistener *evhttp_bound_socket_get_listener(struct evhttp_bound_socket *bound);
162 
163 typedef void evhttp_bound_socket_foreach_fn(struct evhttp_bound_socket *, void *);
164 /**
165  * Applies the function specified in the first argument to all
166  * evhttp_bound_sockets associated with "http". The user must not
167  * attempt to free or remove any connections, sockets or listeners
168  * in the callback "function".
169  *
170  * @param http pointer to an evhttp object
171  * @param function function to apply to every bound socket
172  * @param argument pointer value passed to function for every socket iterated
173  */
174 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
175 void evhttp_foreach_bound_socket(struct evhttp *http, evhttp_bound_socket_foreach_fn *function, void *argument);
176 
177 /**
178  * Makes an HTTP server stop accepting connections on the specified socket
179  *
180  * This may be useful when a socket has been sent via file descriptor passing
181  * and is no longer needed by the current process.
182  *
183  * If you created this bound socket with evhttp_bind_socket_with_handle or
184  * evhttp_accept_socket_with_handle, this function closes the fd you provided.
185  * If you created this bound socket with evhttp_bind_listener, this function
186  * frees the listener you provided.
187  *
188  * \a bound_socket is an invalid pointer after this call returns.
189  *
190  * @param http a pointer to an evhttp object
191  * @param bound_socket a handle returned by evhttp_{bind,accept}_socket_with_handle
192  * @see evhttp_bind_socket_with_handle(), evhttp_accept_socket_with_handle()
193  */
194 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
195 void evhttp_del_accept_socket(struct evhttp *http, struct evhttp_bound_socket *bound_socket);
196 
197 /**
198  * Get the raw file descriptor referenced by an evhttp_bound_socket.
199  *
200  * @param bound_socket a handle returned by evhttp_{bind,accept}_socket_with_handle
201  * @return the file descriptor used by the bound socket
202  * @see evhttp_bind_socket_with_handle(), evhttp_accept_socket_with_handle()
203  */
204 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
205 evutil_socket_t evhttp_bound_socket_get_fd(struct evhttp_bound_socket *bound_socket);
206 
207 /**
208  * Free the previously created HTTP server.
209  *
210  * Works only if no requests are currently being served.
211  *
212  * @param http the evhttp server object to be freed
213  * @see evhttp_start()
214  */
215 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
216 void evhttp_free(struct evhttp* http);
217 
218 /** XXX Document. */
219 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
220 void evhttp_set_max_headers_size(struct evhttp* http, ev_ssize_t max_headers_size);
221 /** XXX Document. */
222 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
223 void evhttp_set_max_body_size(struct evhttp* http, ev_ssize_t max_body_size);
224 
225 /**
226   Set the value to use for the Content-Type header when none was provided. If
227   the content type string is NULL, the Content-Type header will not be
228   automatically added.
229 
230   @param http the http server on which to set the default content type
231   @param content_type the value for the Content-Type header
232 */
233 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
234 void evhttp_set_default_content_type(struct evhttp *http,
235 	const char *content_type);
236 
237 /**
238   Sets the what HTTP methods are supported in requests accepted by this
239   server, and passed to user callbacks.
240 
241   If not supported they will generate a "405 Method not allowed" response.
242 
243   By default this includes the following methods: GET, POST, HEAD, PUT, DELETE
244 
245   @param http the http server on which to set the methods
246   @param methods bit mask constructed from evhttp_cmd_type values
247 */
248 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
249 void evhttp_set_allowed_methods(struct evhttp* http, ev_uint16_t methods);
250 
251 /**
252    Set a callback for a specified URI
253 
254    @param http the http sever on which to set the callback
255    @param path the path for which to invoke the callback
256    @param cb the callback function that gets invoked on requesting path
257    @param cb_arg an additional context argument for the callback
258    @return 0 on success, -1 if the callback existed already, -2 on failure
259 */
260 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
261 int evhttp_set_cb(struct evhttp *http, const char *path,
262     void (*cb)(struct evhttp_request *, void *), void *cb_arg);
263 
264 /** Removes the callback for a specified URI */
265 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
266 int evhttp_del_cb(struct evhttp *, const char *);
267 
268 /**
269     Set a callback for all requests that are not caught by specific callbacks
270 
271     Invokes the specified callback for all requests that do not match any of
272     the previously specified request paths.  This is catchall for requests not
273     specifically configured with evhttp_set_cb().
274 
275     @param http the evhttp server object for which to set the callback
276     @param cb the callback to invoke for any unmatched requests
277     @param arg an context argument for the callback
278 */
279 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
280 void evhttp_set_gencb(struct evhttp *http,
281     void (*cb)(struct evhttp_request *, void *), void *arg);
282 
283 /**
284    Set a callback used to create new bufferevents for connections
285    to a given evhttp object.
286 
287    You can use this to override the default bufferevent type -- for example,
288    to make this evhttp object use SSL bufferevents rather than unencrypted
289    ones.
290 
291    New bufferevents must be allocated with no fd set on them.
292 
293    @param http the evhttp server object for which to set the callback
294    @param cb the callback to invoke for incoming connections
295    @param arg an context argument for the callback
296  */
297 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
298 void evhttp_set_bevcb(struct evhttp *http,
299     struct bufferevent *(*cb)(struct event_base *, void *), void *arg);
300 
301 /**
302    Adds a virtual host to the http server.
303 
304    A virtual host is a newly initialized evhttp object that has request
305    callbacks set on it via evhttp_set_cb() or evhttp_set_gencb().  It
306    most not have any listing sockets associated with it.
307 
308    If the virtual host has not been removed by the time that evhttp_free()
309    is called on the main http server, it will be automatically freed, too.
310 
311    It is possible to have hierarchical vhosts.  For example: A vhost
312    with the pattern *.example.com may have other vhosts with patterns
313    foo.example.com and bar.example.com associated with it.
314 
315    @param http the evhttp object to which to add a virtual host
316    @param pattern the glob pattern against which the hostname is matched.
317      The match is case insensitive and follows otherwise regular shell
318      matching.
319    @param vhost the virtual host to add the regular http server.
320    @return 0 on success, -1 on failure
321    @see evhttp_remove_virtual_host()
322 */
323 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
324 int evhttp_add_virtual_host(struct evhttp* http, const char *pattern,
325     struct evhttp* vhost);
326 
327 /**
328    Removes a virtual host from the http server.
329 
330    @param http the evhttp object from which to remove the virtual host
331    @param vhost the virtual host to remove from the regular http server.
332    @return 0 on success, -1 on failure
333    @see evhttp_add_virtual_host()
334 */
335 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
336 int evhttp_remove_virtual_host(struct evhttp* http, struct evhttp* vhost);
337 
338 /**
339    Add a server alias to an http object. The http object can be a virtual
340    host or the main server.
341 
342    @param http the evhttp object
343    @param alias the alias to add
344    @see evhttp_add_remove_alias()
345 */
346 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
347 int evhttp_add_server_alias(struct evhttp *http, const char *alias);
348 
349 /**
350    Remove a server alias from an http object.
351 
352    @param http the evhttp object
353    @param alias the alias to remove
354    @see evhttp_add_server_alias()
355 */
356 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
357 int evhttp_remove_server_alias(struct evhttp *http, const char *alias);
358 
359 /**
360  * Set the timeout for an HTTP request.
361  *
362  * @param http an evhttp object
363  * @param timeout_in_secs the timeout, in seconds
364  */
365 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
366 void evhttp_set_timeout(struct evhttp *http, int timeout_in_secs);
367 
368 /**
369  * Set the timeout for an HTTP request.
370  *
371  * @param http an evhttp object
372  * @param tv the timeout, or NULL
373  */
374 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
375 void evhttp_set_timeout_tv(struct evhttp *http, const struct timeval* tv);
376 
377 /* Read all the clients body, and only after this respond with an error if the
378  * clients body exceed max_body_size */
379 #define EVHTTP_SERVER_LINGERING_CLOSE	0x0001
380 /**
381  * Set connection flags for HTTP server.
382  *
383  * @see EVHTTP_SERVER_*
384  * @return 0 on success, otherwise non zero (for example if flag doesn't
385  * supported).
386  */
387 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
388 int evhttp_set_flags(struct evhttp *http, int flags);
389 
390 /* Request/Response functionality */
391 
392 /**
393  * Send an HTML error message to the client.
394  *
395  * @param req a request object
396  * @param error the HTTP error code
397  * @param reason a brief explanation of the error.  If this is NULL, we'll
398  *    just use the standard meaning of the error code.
399  */
400 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
401 void evhttp_send_error(struct evhttp_request *req, int error,
402     const char *reason);
403 
404 /**
405  * Send an HTML reply to the client.
406  *
407  * The body of the reply consists of the data in databuf.  After calling
408  * evhttp_send_reply() databuf will be empty, but the buffer is still
409  * owned by the caller and needs to be deallocated by the caller if
410  * necessary.
411  *
412  * @param req a request object
413  * @param code the HTTP response code to send
414  * @param reason a brief message to send with the response code
415  * @param databuf the body of the response
416  */
417 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
418 void evhttp_send_reply(struct evhttp_request *req, int code,
419     const char *reason, struct evbuffer *databuf);
420 
421 /* Low-level response interface, for streaming/chunked replies */
422 
423 /**
424    Initiate a reply that uses Transfer-Encoding chunked.
425 
426    This allows the caller to stream the reply back to the client and is
427    useful when either not all of the reply data is immediately available
428    or when sending very large replies.
429 
430    The caller needs to supply data chunks with evhttp_send_reply_chunk()
431    and complete the reply by calling evhttp_send_reply_end().
432 
433    @param req a request object
434    @param code the HTTP response code to send
435    @param reason a brief message to send with the response code
436 */
437 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
438 void evhttp_send_reply_start(struct evhttp_request *req, int code,
439     const char *reason);
440 
441 /**
442    Send another data chunk as part of an ongoing chunked reply.
443 
444    The reply chunk consists of the data in databuf.  After calling
445    evhttp_send_reply_chunk() databuf will be empty, but the buffer is
446    still owned by the caller and needs to be deallocated by the caller
447    if necessary.
448 
449    @param req a request object
450    @param databuf the data chunk to send as part of the reply.
451 */
452 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
453 void evhttp_send_reply_chunk(struct evhttp_request *req,
454     struct evbuffer *databuf);
455 
456 /**
457    Send another data chunk as part of an ongoing chunked reply.
458 
459    The reply chunk consists of the data in databuf.  After calling
460    evhttp_send_reply_chunk() databuf will be empty, but the buffer is
461    still owned by the caller and needs to be deallocated by the caller
462    if necessary.
463 
464    @param req a request object
465    @param databuf the data chunk to send as part of the reply.
466    @param cb callback funcion
467    @param call back's argument.
468 */
469 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
470 void evhttp_send_reply_chunk_with_cb(struct evhttp_request *, struct evbuffer *,
471     void (*cb)(struct evhttp_connection *, void *), void *arg);
472 
473 /**
474    Complete a chunked reply, freeing the request as appropriate.
475 
476    @param req a request object
477 */
478 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
479 void evhttp_send_reply_end(struct evhttp_request *req);
480 
481 /*
482  * Interfaces for making requests
483  */
484 
485 /** The different request types supported by evhttp.  These are as specified
486  * in RFC2616, except for PATCH which is specified by RFC5789.
487  *
488  * By default, only some of these methods are accepted and passed to user
489  * callbacks; use evhttp_set_allowed_methods() to change which methods
490  * are allowed.
491  */
492 enum evhttp_cmd_type {
493 	EVHTTP_REQ_GET     = 1 << 0,
494 	EVHTTP_REQ_POST    = 1 << 1,
495 	EVHTTP_REQ_HEAD    = 1 << 2,
496 	EVHTTP_REQ_PUT     = 1 << 3,
497 	EVHTTP_REQ_DELETE  = 1 << 4,
498 	EVHTTP_REQ_OPTIONS = 1 << 5,
499 	EVHTTP_REQ_TRACE   = 1 << 6,
500 	EVHTTP_REQ_CONNECT = 1 << 7,
501 	EVHTTP_REQ_PATCH   = 1 << 8
502 };
503 
504 /** a request object can represent either a request or a reply */
505 enum evhttp_request_kind { EVHTTP_REQUEST, EVHTTP_RESPONSE };
506 
507 /**
508  * Create and return a connection object that can be used to for making HTTP
509  * requests.  The connection object tries to resolve address and establish the
510  * connection when it is given an http request object.
511  *
512  * @param base the event_base to use for handling the connection
513  * @param dnsbase the dns_base to use for resolving host names; if not
514  *     specified host name resolution will block.
515  * @param bev a bufferevent to use for connecting to the server; if NULL, a
516  *     socket-based bufferevent will be created.  This buffrevent will be freed
517  *     when the connection closes.  It must have no fd set on it.
518  * @param address the address to which to connect
519  * @param port the port to connect to
520  * @return an evhttp_connection object that can be used for making requests or
521  *   NULL on error
522  */
523 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
524 struct evhttp_connection *evhttp_connection_base_bufferevent_new(
525 	struct event_base *base, struct evdns_base *dnsbase, struct bufferevent* bev, const char *address, ev_uint16_t port);
526 
527 /**
528  * Return the bufferevent that an evhttp_connection is using.
529  */
530 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
531 struct bufferevent* evhttp_connection_get_bufferevent(struct evhttp_connection *evcon);
532 
533 /**
534  * Return the HTTP server associated with this connection, or NULL.
535  */
536 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
537 struct evhttp *evhttp_connection_get_server(struct evhttp_connection *evcon);
538 
539 /**
540  * Creates a new request object that needs to be filled in with the request
541  * parameters.  The callback is executed when the request completed or an
542  * error occurred.
543  */
544 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
545 struct evhttp_request *evhttp_request_new(
546 	void (*cb)(struct evhttp_request *, void *), void *arg);
547 
548 /**
549  * Enable delivery of chunks to requestor.
550  * @param cb will be called after every read of data with the same argument
551  *           as the completion callback. Will never be called on an empty
552  *           response. May drain the input buffer; it will be drained
553  *           automatically on return.
554  */
555 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
556 void evhttp_request_set_chunked_cb(struct evhttp_request *,
557     void (*cb)(struct evhttp_request *, void *));
558 
559 /**
560  * Register callback for additional parsing of request headers.
561  * @param cb will be called after receiving and parsing the full header.
562  * It allows analyzing the header and possibly closing the connection
563  * by returning a value < 0.
564  */
565 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
566 void evhttp_request_set_header_cb(struct evhttp_request *,
567     int (*cb)(struct evhttp_request *, void *));
568 
569 /**
570  * The different error types supported by evhttp
571  *
572  * @see evhttp_request_set_error_cb()
573  */
574 enum evhttp_request_error {
575   /**
576    * Timeout reached, also @see evhttp_connection_set_timeout()
577    */
578   EVREQ_HTTP_TIMEOUT,
579   /**
580    * EOF reached
581    */
582   EVREQ_HTTP_EOF,
583   /**
584    * Error while reading header, or invalid header
585    */
586   EVREQ_HTTP_INVALID_HEADER,
587   /**
588    * Error encountered while reading or writing
589    */
590   EVREQ_HTTP_BUFFER_ERROR,
591   /**
592    * The evhttp_cancel_request() called on this request.
593    */
594   EVREQ_HTTP_REQUEST_CANCEL,
595   /**
596    * Body is greater then evhttp_connection_set_max_body_size()
597    */
598   EVREQ_HTTP_DATA_TOO_LONG
599 };
600 /**
601  * Set a callback for errors
602  * @see evhttp_request_error for error types.
603  *
604  * On error, both the error callback and the regular callback will be called,
605  * error callback is called before the regular callback.
606  **/
607 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
608 void evhttp_request_set_error_cb(struct evhttp_request *,
609     void (*)(enum evhttp_request_error, void *));
610 
611 /**
612  * Set a callback to be called on request completion of evhttp_send_* function.
613  *
614  * The callback function will be called on the completion of the request after
615  * the output data has been written and before the evhttp_request object
616  * is destroyed. This can be useful for tracking resources associated with a
617  * request (ex: timing metrics).
618  *
619  * @param req a request object
620  * @param cb callback function that will be called on request completion
621  * @param cb_arg an additional context argument for the callback
622  */
623 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
624 void evhttp_request_set_on_complete_cb(struct evhttp_request *req,
625     void (*cb)(struct evhttp_request *, void *), void *cb_arg);
626 
627 /** Frees the request object and removes associated events. */
628 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
629 void evhttp_request_free(struct evhttp_request *req);
630 
631 /**
632  * Create and return a connection object that can be used to for making HTTP
633  * requests.  The connection object tries to resolve address and establish the
634  * connection when it is given an http request object.
635  *
636  * @param base the event_base to use for handling the connection
637  * @param dnsbase the dns_base to use for resolving host names; if not
638  *     specified host name resolution will block.
639  * @param address the address to which to connect
640  * @param port the port to connect to
641  * @return an evhttp_connection object that can be used for making requests or
642  *   NULL on error
643  */
644 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
645 struct evhttp_connection *evhttp_connection_base_new(
646 	struct event_base *base, struct evdns_base *dnsbase,
647 	const char *address, ev_uint16_t port);
648 
649 /**
650  * Set family hint for DNS requests.
651  */
652 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
653 void evhttp_connection_set_family(struct evhttp_connection *evcon,
654 	int family);
655 
656 /* reuse connection address on retry */
657 #define EVHTTP_CON_REUSE_CONNECTED_ADDR	0x0008
658 /* Try to read error, since server may already send and close
659  * connection, but if at that time we have some data to send then we
660  * can send get EPIPE and fail, while we can read that HTTP error. */
661 #define EVHTTP_CON_READ_ON_WRITE_ERROR	0x0010
662 /* @see EVHTTP_SERVER_LINGERING_CLOSE */
663 #define EVHTTP_CON_LINGERING_CLOSE	0x0020
664 /* Padding for public flags, @see EVHTTP_CON_* in http-internal.h */
665 #define EVHTTP_CON_PUBLIC_FLAGS_END	0x100000
666 /**
667  * Set connection flags.
668  *
669  * @see EVHTTP_CON_*
670  * @return 0 on success, otherwise non zero (for example if flag doesn't
671  * supported).
672  */
673 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
674 int evhttp_connection_set_flags(struct evhttp_connection *evcon,
675 	int flags);
676 
677 /** Takes ownership of the request object
678  *
679  * Can be used in a request callback to keep onto the request until
680  * evhttp_request_free() is explicitly called by the user.
681  */
682 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
683 void evhttp_request_own(struct evhttp_request *req);
684 
685 /** Returns 1 if the request is owned by the user */
686 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
687 int evhttp_request_is_owned(struct evhttp_request *req);
688 
689 /**
690  * Returns the connection object associated with the request or NULL
691  *
692  * The user needs to either free the request explicitly or call
693  * evhttp_send_reply_end().
694  */
695 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
696 struct evhttp_connection *evhttp_request_get_connection(struct evhttp_request *req);
697 
698 /**
699  * Returns the underlying event_base for this connection
700  */
701 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
702 struct event_base *evhttp_connection_get_base(struct evhttp_connection *req);
703 
704 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
705 void evhttp_connection_set_max_headers_size(struct evhttp_connection *evcon,
706     ev_ssize_t new_max_headers_size);
707 
708 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
709 void evhttp_connection_set_max_body_size(struct evhttp_connection* evcon,
710     ev_ssize_t new_max_body_size);
711 
712 /** Frees an http connection */
713 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
714 void evhttp_connection_free(struct evhttp_connection *evcon);
715 
716 /** Disowns a given connection object
717  *
718  * Can be used to tell libevent to free the connection object after
719  * the last request has completed or failed.
720  */
721 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
722 void evhttp_connection_free_on_completion(struct evhttp_connection *evcon);
723 
724 /** sets the ip address from which http connections are made */
725 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
726 void evhttp_connection_set_local_address(struct evhttp_connection *evcon,
727     const char *address);
728 
729 /** sets the local port from which http connections are made */
730 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
731 void evhttp_connection_set_local_port(struct evhttp_connection *evcon,
732     ev_uint16_t port);
733 
734 /** Sets the timeout in seconds for events related to this connection */
735 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
736 void evhttp_connection_set_timeout(struct evhttp_connection *evcon,
737     int timeout_in_secs);
738 
739 /** Sets the timeout for events related to this connection.  Takes a struct
740  * timeval. */
741 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
742 void evhttp_connection_set_timeout_tv(struct evhttp_connection *evcon,
743     const struct timeval *tv);
744 
745 /** Sets the delay before retrying requests on this connection. This is only
746  * used if evhttp_connection_set_retries is used to make the number of retries
747  * at least one. Each retry after the first is twice as long as the one before
748  * it. */
749 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
750 void evhttp_connection_set_initial_retry_tv(struct evhttp_connection *evcon,
751     const struct timeval *tv);
752 
753 /** Sets the retry limit for this connection - -1 repeats indefinitely */
754 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
755 void evhttp_connection_set_retries(struct evhttp_connection *evcon,
756     int retry_max);
757 
758 /** Set a callback for connection close. */
759 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
760 void evhttp_connection_set_closecb(struct evhttp_connection *evcon,
761     void (*)(struct evhttp_connection *, void *), void *);
762 
763 /** Get the remote address and port associated with this connection. */
764 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
765 void evhttp_connection_get_peer(struct evhttp_connection *evcon,
766     char **address, ev_uint16_t *port);
767 
768 /** Get the remote address associated with this connection.
769  * extracted from getpeername() OR from nameserver.
770  *
771  * @return NULL if getpeername() return non success,
772  * or connection is not connected,
773  * otherwise it return pointer to struct sockaddr_storage */
774 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
775 const struct sockaddr*
776 evhttp_connection_get_addr(struct evhttp_connection *evcon);
777 
778 /**
779     Make an HTTP request over the specified connection.
780 
781     The connection gets ownership of the request.  On failure, the
782     request object is no longer valid as it has been freed.
783 
784     @param evcon the evhttp_connection object over which to send the request
785     @param req the previously created and configured request object
786     @param type the request type EVHTTP_REQ_GET, EVHTTP_REQ_POST, etc.
787     @param uri the URI associated with the request
788     @return 0 on success, -1 on failure
789     @see evhttp_cancel_request()
790 */
791 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
792 int evhttp_make_request(struct evhttp_connection *evcon,
793     struct evhttp_request *req,
794     enum evhttp_cmd_type type, const char *uri);
795 
796 /**
797    Cancels a pending HTTP request.
798 
799    Cancels an ongoing HTTP request.  The callback associated with this request
800    is not executed and the request object is freed.  If the request is
801    currently being processed, e.g. it is ongoing, the corresponding
802    evhttp_connection object is going to get reset.
803 
804    A request cannot be canceled if its callback has executed already. A request
805    may be canceled reentrantly from its chunked callback.
806 
807    @param req the evhttp_request to cancel; req becomes invalid after this call.
808 */
809 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
810 void evhttp_cancel_request(struct evhttp_request *req);
811 
812 /**
813  * A structure to hold a parsed URI or Relative-Ref conforming to RFC3986.
814  */
815 struct evhttp_uri;
816 
817 /** Returns the request URI */
818 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
819 const char *evhttp_request_get_uri(const struct evhttp_request *req);
820 /** Returns the request URI (parsed) */
821 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
822 const struct evhttp_uri *evhttp_request_get_evhttp_uri(const struct evhttp_request *req);
823 /** Returns the request command */
824 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
825 enum evhttp_cmd_type evhttp_request_get_command(const struct evhttp_request *req);
826 
827 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
828 int evhttp_request_get_response_code(const struct evhttp_request *req);
829 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
830 const char * evhttp_request_get_response_code_line(const struct evhttp_request *req);
831 
832 /** Returns the input headers */
833 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
834 struct evkeyvalq *evhttp_request_get_input_headers(struct evhttp_request *req);
835 /** Returns the output headers */
836 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
837 struct evkeyvalq *evhttp_request_get_output_headers(struct evhttp_request *req);
838 /** Returns the input buffer */
839 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
840 struct evbuffer *evhttp_request_get_input_buffer(struct evhttp_request *req);
841 /** Returns the output buffer */
842 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
843 struct evbuffer *evhttp_request_get_output_buffer(struct evhttp_request *req);
844 /** Returns the host associated with the request. If a client sends an absolute
845     URI, the host part of that is preferred. Otherwise, the input headers are
846     searched for a Host: header. NULL is returned if no absolute URI or Host:
847     header is provided. */
848 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
849 const char *evhttp_request_get_host(struct evhttp_request *req);
850 
851 /* Interfaces for dealing with HTTP headers */
852 
853 /**
854    Finds the value belonging to a header.
855 
856    @param headers the evkeyvalq object in which to find the header
857    @param key the name of the header to find
858    @returns a pointer to the value for the header or NULL if the header
859      could not be found.
860    @see evhttp_add_header(), evhttp_remove_header()
861 */
862 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
863 const char *evhttp_find_header(const struct evkeyvalq *headers,
864     const char *key);
865 
866 /**
867    Removes a header from a list of existing headers.
868 
869    @param headers the evkeyvalq object from which to remove a header
870    @param key the name of the header to remove
871    @returns 0 if the header was removed, -1  otherwise.
872    @see evhttp_find_header(), evhttp_add_header()
873 */
874 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
875 int evhttp_remove_header(struct evkeyvalq *headers, const char *key);
876 
877 /**
878    Adds a header to a list of existing headers.
879 
880    @param headers the evkeyvalq object to which to add a header
881    @param key the name of the header
882    @param value the value belonging to the header
883    @returns 0 on success, -1  otherwise.
884    @see evhttp_find_header(), evhttp_clear_headers()
885 */
886 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
887 int evhttp_add_header(struct evkeyvalq *headers, const char *key, const char *value);
888 
889 /**
890    Removes all headers from the header list.
891 
892    @param headers the evkeyvalq object from which to remove all headers
893 */
894 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
895 void evhttp_clear_headers(struct evkeyvalq *headers);
896 
897 /* Miscellaneous utility functions */
898 
899 
900 /**
901    Helper function to encode a string for inclusion in a URI.  All
902    characters are replaced by their hex-escaped (%22) equivalents,
903    except for characters explicitly unreserved by RFC3986 -- that is,
904    ASCII alphanumeric characters, hyphen, dot, underscore, and tilde.
905 
906    The returned string must be freed by the caller.
907 
908    @param str an unencoded string
909    @return a newly allocated URI-encoded string or NULL on failure
910  */
911 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
912 char *evhttp_encode_uri(const char *str);
913 
914 /**
915    As evhttp_encode_uri, but if 'size' is nonnegative, treat the string
916    as being 'size' bytes long.  This allows you to encode strings that
917    may contain 0-valued bytes.
918 
919    The returned string must be freed by the caller.
920 
921    @param str an unencoded string
922    @param size the length of the string to encode, or -1 if the string
923       is NUL-terminated
924    @param space_to_plus if true, space characters in 'str' are encoded
925       as +, not %20.
926    @return a newly allocate URI-encoded string, or NULL on failure.
927  */
928 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
929 char *evhttp_uriencode(const char *str, ev_ssize_t size, int space_to_plus);
930 
931 /**
932   Helper function to sort of decode a URI-encoded string.  Unlike
933   evhttp_uridecode, it decodes all plus characters that appear
934   _after_ the first question mark character, but no plusses that occur
935   before.  This is not a good way to decode URIs in whole or in part.
936 
937   The returned string must be freed by the caller
938 
939   @deprecated  This function is deprecated; you probably want to use
940      evhttp_uridecode instead.
941 
942   @param uri an encoded URI
943   @return a newly allocated unencoded URI or NULL on failure
944  */
945 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
946 char *evhttp_decode_uri(const char *uri);
947 
948 /**
949   Helper function to decode a URI-escaped string or HTTP parameter.
950 
951   If 'decode_plus' is 1, then we decode the string as an HTTP parameter
952   value, and convert all plus ('+') characters to spaces.  If
953   'decode_plus' is 0, we leave all plus characters unchanged.
954 
955   The returned string must be freed by the caller.
956 
957   @param uri a URI-encode encoded URI
958   @param decode_plus determines whether we convert '+' to space.
959   @param size_out if size_out is not NULL, *size_out is set to the size of the
960      returned string
961   @return a newly allocated unencoded URI or NULL on failure
962  */
963 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
964 char *evhttp_uridecode(const char *uri, int decode_plus,
965     size_t *size_out);
966 
967 /**
968    Helper function to parse out arguments in a query.
969 
970    Parsing a URI like
971 
972       http://foo.com/?q=test&s=some+thing
973 
974    will result in two entries in the key value queue.
975 
976    The first entry is: key="q", value="test"
977    The second entry is: key="s", value="some thing"
978 
979    @deprecated This function is deprecated as of Libevent 2.0.9.  Use
980      evhttp_uri_parse and evhttp_parse_query_str instead.
981 
982    @param uri the request URI
983    @param headers the head of the evkeyval queue
984    @return 0 on success, -1 on failure
985  */
986 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
987 int evhttp_parse_query(const char *uri, struct evkeyvalq *headers);
988 
989 /**
990    Helper function to parse out arguments from the query portion of an
991    HTTP URI.
992 
993    Parsing a query string like
994 
995      q=test&s=some+thing
996 
997    will result in two entries in the key value queue.
998 
999    The first entry is: key="q", value="test"
1000    The second entry is: key="s", value="some thing"
1001 
1002    @param query_parse the query portion of the URI
1003    @param headers the head of the evkeyval queue
1004    @return 0 on success, -1 on failure
1005  */
1006 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1007 int evhttp_parse_query_str(const char *uri, struct evkeyvalq *headers);
1008 
1009 /**
1010  * Escape HTML character entities in a string.
1011  *
1012  * Replaces <, >, ", ' and & with &lt;, &gt;, &quot;,
1013  * &#039; and &amp; correspondingly.
1014  *
1015  * The returned string needs to be freed by the caller.
1016  *
1017  * @param html an unescaped HTML string
1018  * @return an escaped HTML string or NULL on error
1019  */
1020 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1021 char *evhttp_htmlescape(const char *html);
1022 
1023 /**
1024  * Return a new empty evhttp_uri with no fields set.
1025  */
1026 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1027 struct evhttp_uri *evhttp_uri_new(void);
1028 
1029 /**
1030  * Changes the flags set on a given URI.  See EVHTTP_URI_* for
1031  * a list of flags.
1032  **/
1033 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1034 void evhttp_uri_set_flags(struct evhttp_uri *uri, unsigned flags);
1035 
1036 /** Return the scheme of an evhttp_uri, or NULL if there is no scheme has
1037  * been set and the evhttp_uri contains a Relative-Ref. */
1038 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1039 const char *evhttp_uri_get_scheme(const struct evhttp_uri *uri);
1040 /**
1041  * Return the userinfo part of an evhttp_uri, or NULL if it has no userinfo
1042  * set.
1043  */
1044 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1045 const char *evhttp_uri_get_userinfo(const struct evhttp_uri *uri);
1046 /**
1047  * Return the host part of an evhttp_uri, or NULL if it has no host set.
1048  * The host may either be a regular hostname (conforming to the RFC 3986
1049  * "regname" production), or an IPv4 address, or the empty string, or a
1050  * bracketed IPv6 address, or a bracketed 'IP-Future' address.
1051  *
1052  * Note that having a NULL host means that the URI has no authority
1053  * section, but having an empty-string host means that the URI has an
1054  * authority section with no host part.  For example,
1055  * "mailto:user@example.com" has a host of NULL, but "file:///etc/motd"
1056  * has a host of "".
1057  */
1058 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1059 const char *evhttp_uri_get_host(const struct evhttp_uri *uri);
1060 /** Return the port part of an evhttp_uri, or -1 if there is no port set. */
1061 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1062 int evhttp_uri_get_port(const struct evhttp_uri *uri);
1063 /** Return the path part of an evhttp_uri, or NULL if it has no path set */
1064 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1065 const char *evhttp_uri_get_path(const struct evhttp_uri *uri);
1066 /** Return the query part of an evhttp_uri (excluding the leading "?"), or
1067  * NULL if it has no query set */
1068 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1069 const char *evhttp_uri_get_query(const struct evhttp_uri *uri);
1070 /** Return the fragment part of an evhttp_uri (excluding the leading "#"),
1071  * or NULL if it has no fragment set */
1072 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1073 const char *evhttp_uri_get_fragment(const struct evhttp_uri *uri);
1074 
1075 /** Set the scheme of an evhttp_uri, or clear the scheme if scheme==NULL.
1076  * Returns 0 on success, -1 if scheme is not well-formed. */
1077 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1078 int evhttp_uri_set_scheme(struct evhttp_uri *uri, const char *scheme);
1079 /** Set the userinfo of an evhttp_uri, or clear the userinfo if userinfo==NULL.
1080  * Returns 0 on success, -1 if userinfo is not well-formed. */
1081 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1082 int evhttp_uri_set_userinfo(struct evhttp_uri *uri, const char *userinfo);
1083 /** Set the host of an evhttp_uri, or clear the host if host==NULL.
1084  * Returns 0 on success, -1 if host is not well-formed. */
1085 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1086 int evhttp_uri_set_host(struct evhttp_uri *uri, const char *host);
1087 /** Set the port of an evhttp_uri, or clear the port if port==-1.
1088  * Returns 0 on success, -1 if port is not well-formed. */
1089 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1090 int evhttp_uri_set_port(struct evhttp_uri *uri, int port);
1091 /** Set the path of an evhttp_uri, or clear the path if path==NULL.
1092  * Returns 0 on success, -1 if path is not well-formed. */
1093 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1094 int evhttp_uri_set_path(struct evhttp_uri *uri, const char *path);
1095 /** Set the query of an evhttp_uri, or clear the query if query==NULL.
1096  * The query should not include a leading "?".
1097  * Returns 0 on success, -1 if query is not well-formed. */
1098 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1099 int evhttp_uri_set_query(struct evhttp_uri *uri, const char *query);
1100 /** Set the fragment of an evhttp_uri, or clear the fragment if fragment==NULL.
1101  * The fragment should not include a leading "#".
1102  * Returns 0 on success, -1 if fragment is not well-formed. */
1103 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1104 int evhttp_uri_set_fragment(struct evhttp_uri *uri, const char *fragment);
1105 
1106 /**
1107  * Helper function to parse a URI-Reference as specified by RFC3986.
1108  *
1109  * This function matches the URI-Reference production from RFC3986,
1110  * which includes both URIs like
1111  *
1112  *    scheme://[[userinfo]@]foo.com[:port]]/[path][?query][#fragment]
1113  *
1114  *  and relative-refs like
1115  *
1116  *    [path][?query][#fragment]
1117  *
1118  * Any optional elements portions not present in the original URI are
1119  * left set to NULL in the resulting evhttp_uri.  If no port is
1120  * specified, the port is set to -1.
1121  *
1122  * Note that no decoding is performed on percent-escaped characters in
1123  * the string; if you want to parse them, use evhttp_uridecode or
1124  * evhttp_parse_query_str as appropriate.
1125  *
1126  * Note also that most URI schemes will have additional constraints that
1127  * this function does not know about, and cannot check.  For example,
1128  * mailto://www.example.com/cgi-bin/fortune.pl is not a reasonable
1129  * mailto url, http://www.example.com:99999/ is not a reasonable HTTP
1130  * URL, and ftp:username@example.com is not a reasonable FTP URL.
1131  * Nevertheless, all of these URLs conform to RFC3986, and this function
1132  * accepts all of them as valid.
1133  *
1134  * @param source_uri the request URI
1135  * @param flags Zero or more EVHTTP_URI_* flags to affect the behavior
1136  *              of the parser.
1137  * @return uri container to hold parsed data, or NULL if there is error
1138  * @see evhttp_uri_free()
1139  */
1140 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1141 struct evhttp_uri *evhttp_uri_parse_with_flags(const char *source_uri,
1142     unsigned flags);
1143 
1144 /** Tolerate URIs that do not conform to RFC3986.
1145  *
1146  * Unfortunately, some HTTP clients generate URIs that, according to RFC3986,
1147  * are not conformant URIs.  If you need to support these URIs, you can
1148  * do so by passing this flag to evhttp_uri_parse_with_flags.
1149  *
1150  * Currently, these changes are:
1151  * <ul>
1152  *   <li> Nonconformant URIs are allowed to contain otherwise unreasonable
1153  *        characters in their path, query, and fragment components.
1154  * </ul>
1155  */
1156 #define EVHTTP_URI_NONCONFORMANT 0x01
1157 
1158 /** Alias for evhttp_uri_parse_with_flags(source_uri, 0) */
1159 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1160 struct evhttp_uri *evhttp_uri_parse(const char *source_uri);
1161 
1162 /**
1163  * Free all memory allocated for a parsed uri.  Only use this for URIs
1164  * generated by evhttp_uri_parse.
1165  *
1166  * @param uri container with parsed data
1167  * @see evhttp_uri_parse()
1168  */
1169 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1170 void evhttp_uri_free(struct evhttp_uri *uri);
1171 
1172 /**
1173  * Join together the uri parts from parsed data to form a URI-Reference.
1174  *
1175  * Note that no escaping of reserved characters is done on the members
1176  * of the evhttp_uri, so the generated string might not be a valid URI
1177  * unless the members of evhttp_uri are themselves valid.
1178  *
1179  * @param uri container with parsed data
1180  * @param buf destination buffer
1181  * @param limit destination buffer size
1182  * @return an joined uri as string or NULL on error
1183  * @see evhttp_uri_parse()
1184  */
1185 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1186 char *evhttp_uri_join(struct evhttp_uri *uri, char *buf, size_t limit);
1187 
1188 #ifdef __cplusplus
1189 }
1190 #endif
1191 
1192 #endif /* EVENT2_HTTP_H_INCLUDED_ */
1193